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PRINCIPLES OF 



P. IX. 



As, then ? all horses pull more or less when 

 extended in the gallop, and as some from 

 their formation, and the situation in which 

 they carry their heads, together with the con- 

 firmed habit of being rode with heavy in- 

 sensible hands, pull so hard that a weak 

 or inferior horseman cannot hold or govern 

 them, for the harder he pulls, the faster they 

 run, it becomes necessary to show the most 

 powerful means to stop them. 



This is done by repeated efforts to raise 

 the head, and get the haunches under, which 

 diminishes his power, and gives your hand 

 the ascendancy. 



First, then, as directed in the stop, seize 

 the time, and with all your strength and 

 weight throw your body back, taking a firm 

 hold with your legs, bracing your arms strong, 

 and letting your hands have a firm upward 

 operation to get the head up. The instant 

 this is performed (it will not do afterwards), 

 let the body come upright, that the hands 

 may be eased. 



